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Advances in Parasitology
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Advances in Parasitology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 43 32 34 17

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Number of Best Scientists*: 76
Documents by Best Scientists*: 74
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
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Overview

Top Research Topics at Advances in Parasitology?

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Immunology, Zoology, Ecology, Host (biology) and Disease. The Immunology study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Virology. The journal connects the study in Zoology with the closely related area of Phylogenetics.

Research on Phylogenetics addressed in Advances in Parasitology frequently intersections with the field of Phylogenetic tree. Ecology study tackled is connected to the field of Evolutionary biology. It focuses on Disease but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Transmission (medicine), Epidemiology, Public health and Environmental health.

Most of the works presented in Advances in Parasitology deals with Environmental health but it intersects with the subject of Helminthiasis. Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are Malaria topics of special interest in it.

  • Immunology (23.23%)
  • Zoology (21.03%)
  • Ecology (16.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Control of Chagas disease. (649 citations)
  • Helminth infections of humans: mathematical models, population dynamics, and control. (477 citations)
  • Chagas' disease and Chagas' syndromes: the pathology of American trypanosomiasis. (476 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Advances in Parasitology:

The journal publications explore disciplines such as Immunology, Zoology, Host (biology), Ecology and Disease. The published articles hold forums on Immunology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Intensive care medicine and Environmental health. The studies on Zoology discussed at the most cited papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Vertebrate and Phylogenetics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Gene
  • Internal medicine

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Plasmodium knowlesi, Context (language use), Malaria, Transmission (medicine) and Environmental health are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Plasmodium knowlesi, it also covered topics in Infectious disease (medical specialty), Targeted interventions, Vector (epidemiology) and Plasmodium species. The presentations focused mostly on Malaria in an attempt to further explore topics in Immunology.

The research on Immunology tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Taenia solium and Neurocysticercosis. It explores topics in Transmission (medicine) which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Zoonosis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Genotype, Obligate and Microsporidia. The studies on Environmental health discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Mass drug administration, Ivermectin and Lymphatic filariasis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Advances in the discovery and development of anthelmintics by harnessing natural product scaffolds (4 citations)
  • Enterocytozoon bieneusi of animals-With an 'Australian twist'. (3 citations)
  • Survival of metazoan parasites in fish: Putting into context the protective immune responses of teleost fish. (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Advances in Parasitology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xiao-Nong Zhou (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Irwin W. Sherman (26 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robin B. Gasser (25 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Simon I. Hay (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Bergquist (17 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Advances in Parasitology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of London (35 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Oxford (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Imperial College London (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 15.79% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 62.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.75% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 18.75% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Anthelmintic resistance in ruminants: challenges and solutions.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    174 Citations
  • Global prevalence of Toxocara infection in dogs.

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • An update on female and male genital schistosomiasis and a call to integrate efforts to escalate diagnosis, treatment and awareness in endemic and non-endemic settings: The time is now

    Unknown

    (2022)
    92 Citations
  • Global prevalence of Toxocara infection in cats.

    Ali Rostami;Mahdi Sepidarkish;Guangxu Ma;Tao Wang

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Global and regional seroprevalence estimates for human toxocariasis: A call for action.

    Guangxu Ma;Ali Rostami;Tao Wang;Andreas Hofmann

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Enterocytozoon bieneusi of animals-With an 'Australian twist'.

    Yan Zhang;Anson V Koehler;Tao Wang;Robin B Gasser

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Visceral larval migrans of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in non-canid and non-felid hosts.

    Timothy Wu;Dwight D Bowman

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Taenia asiatica: Historical overview of taeniasis and cysticercosis with molecular characterization.

    Keeseon S Eom;Han-Jong Rim;Hyeong-Kyu Jeon

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Seroprevalence of human toxocarosis in Europe: A review and meta-analysis.

    Christina Strube;Marie-Kristin Raulf;Andrea Springer;Patrick Waindok

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Survival of metazoan parasites in fish: Putting into context the protective immune responses of teleost fish.

    Bahram Sayyaf Dezfuli;Luisa Giari;Giampaolo Bosi

    (2021)
    21 Citations

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